CVE-2016-2146

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2146
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-15 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-04-25 13:58:00 UTC
DescriptionThe am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not limit the amount of data read, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process crash, web server deadlock, or memory consumption) via a large amount of POST data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Uninett Mod Auth Mellon All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Handle ap_get_client_block() error in am_read_post_data() by vrasneur · Pull Request #71 · UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
modmellon - For discussions about mod_mellon Apache module. - arc_protect MLIST sympa.uninett.no
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: mod_auth_mellon-0.11.1-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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